An interactive electromechanical artwork that comes to life through hand gestures.
Interactive art is when people engage with a piece of art and expect some response to any stimulus. It is a good way to create fun experiences, especially in public spaces like offices and university spaces.
In this project, we build a single interactive electromechanical tile that is modular and can be scaled up to any dimension one desires. The Tile is electromechanical, it uses Servo motors to move RGB LEDs forward and backward. Each Tile consists of 16 servo motors controlled by 16-bit channel connector controlled by an Arduino Module. The Tiles can function individually or can be assembled and expanded to work together with other Tiles. Various visual effects and patterns can be created with this setup and this gets even more interesting as you scale up the Tile to multiple pieces. The interaction element has been added using a camera and Computer vision to track the palm of the hand.
AWARDS
Second prize in Instructables Make it Move Challenge Sponsored by Autodesk
RECOGNITION
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This Project was done by Vinaya Gopi, Anuj Malviya, Josh Elias Joy, Krishna Sandilya, Srinivas Saladi, Bhargava Tadi, Venkat Sai and Poorna Chandra as a part of the Product Design Workshop course at IIIT Hyderabad. We would also like to thank our Professors Prakash Yalla, Raghu Reddy, and Guna Deepak.
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